Education support workers continued a second day of protest in Toronto as the province’s labour board resumed a hearing on the government's application to deem the walkout illegal.
A large crowd of education workers and allies attended a “Solidarity Saturday” march this afternoon, which was held by The Ontario Federation of Labour at Yonge-Dundas Square downtown.
The protest resulted in the closure of many schools across Ontario on Friday. Several school boards have also announced their plans to transition to remote learning next week until the protest ends. Demonstrators at Saturday’s march said they are protesting for education support workers to earn a livable salary as the cost of living continues to rise in the province.
“As a custodian, we are so understaffed but the payment, most of us are working second jobs and that’s just not fair,” another unidentified protester said. While education workers are picketing, the Ontario Labour Relations Board continues to review the provincial government’s submission to declare the walkout illegal.
“...We're going to be using all the pressures and frankly, all the levers of the legislation to get kids back to school. We've set out a clear expectation to our school boards, use every power, every authority to open as many schools for as many kids as humanly possible,” he said.
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